WEBVTT MATT: TONIGHT HOUSE AND SENATE LEADERS ARE FULLY MOVING FORWARD WITH A SPECIAL SESSION T CONSIDER IMPEACHMENT FOR MISSOURI GOVERNOR ERIC GREITENS. NO MATTER IF THE INVASION OF PRIVACY CHARGE WAS DROPPED AGAINST THE GOVERNOR. NATS OF HOUSE SESSION BACK TO WORK AT THE MISSOURI STATE CAPITOL. FOUR DAYS TO GO IN SESSION. BEFORE A BRAND NEW SESSION IS SCHEDULED TO START FRIDAY NIGHT HOUSE MEMBERS WILL CONSIDER IF ANY CONDUCT OF GOVERNOR ERIC GREITENS IS IMPEACHABLE. >> WE’RE BASICALLY LOOKING AT IS HE ABLE TO LEAD. IT’S A WHOLE LIST OF THINGS REALLY LEFT UP TO TH LEGISLATURE TO DEFINE. MATT: HOUSE MINORITY LEADER GAIL MCCANN BEATTY FROM KANSAS CITY INTRODUCED A RESOLUTION GIVING A SPECIAL HOUSE INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE. THE POWER TO INTRODUCE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT. THE HOUSE COMMITTEE MET ONCE AGAIN THIS MORNING, TO CONSIDER THOSE NEW ALLEGATIONS OF SHELL COMPANIES DIRECTING MONEY TO GOVERNOR GREITENS CAMPAIGN. THAT’S JUST ONE ISSUE, ALONG WITH GREITENS AFFAIR, AND A USE OF A CHARITY DONOR LIST FOR CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISING THE HOUSE WILL CONSIDER. >> FULLY ENCOURAGE NOW THAT THAT CASE HAS BEEN DISMISSED FOR HIM TO COME FORWARD LIKE HE SAID HE WOULD AND GIVE HIS SIDE OF THE STORY. MATT: WHILE HE HASN’T CALLED FOR GREITENS RESIGNATION YET, REPRESENTATIVE NICK MARSHALL FROM PARKVILLE SAYS HE HOPES THIS PROCESS WRAPS SOON, THE SOONER THAT WE CAN GET THIS RESOLVED, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, AND PUT BEHIND US, IT’S BETTER FOR THE STATE OF MISSOUR MATT: THE SPECIAL SESSION TO CONSIDER IMPEACHMENT CAN GO 30 DAYS. AN EMAIL FROM THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE TO THE HOUSE COMMITTEE WANTS EVERYTHING WRAPPED UP BEFORE JUNE 11 BUT THE HOUSE MINORITY LEADER TODA

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Special session to consider Greitens’ impeachment expected to move forward

Despite the criminal invasion of privacy charge dropped against Missouri Governor Eric Greitens on Monday in St. Louis, the process for a possible impeachment is still moving forward at the Missouri State Capitol.

Friday, the state of Missouri is scheduled to enter new territory.

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Once the 2018 general session ends at 6:00 p.m., just 30 minutes later, a special session to consider Greitens' impeachment will begin.

Missouri’s House of Representatives has the constitutional authority call for a public official’s impeachment. The burden of proof for a conviction to remove from office, versus a criminal trial, is much lower than beyond a reasonable doubt.

In Greitens’ case, representatives will use a special session to determine if a House investigative committee will bring forward an impeachment recommendation. That same committee has issued graphic reports about Greitens’ extramarital affair, and a detailed investigation into a charity donor list allegedly used for political purposes, along with a new revelation Tuesday about possible shell companies donating to Greitens’ political campaign.

“There’s a constant drip every day,” said Rep. DaRon McGee, (D - Kansas City). “The more we find, the more there is, and the more questions arise.”

Those questions will certainly continue during any committee meetings ahead of impeachment proceedings.

So far, the Governor has refused to answer questions to the special House investigative committee investigating his behavior.

“It’s fully his right not to make a statement to us, not to present any evidence, said Rep. Nick Marshall, (R) Parkville, “But when any person that’s under investigation chooses not to make a statement or not present evidence, then they do so at their own peril.”

Think of impeachment like a grand jury indictment.

It’s not a guilty verdict, or a removal from office immediately.

That’s left up to 7 eminent jurists selected by the Missouri Senate.

5 of 7 eminent jurists would have vote to remove Greitens from office.

In 2014, Governor Jay Nixon faced possible impeachment, but a House committee failed to bring forward a recommendation.

Only 10 officials have been impeached in Missouri– the last one – former Secretary of State Judity Moriarity in 1994. A sitting governor has never been impeached in Missouri.

This time could be much different, with growing support in both the House and Senate to call a special session.